Improvement in wheel-vehicles



I J. W. DREW.

' Wheel-Vehicle. No 59,194. Patented Oct. 30, 1866 Witnesses= I I I Inventon zm r-mw I UN TED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JAMES W. DRE W, OF WATERLOO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEEL-VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,194, dated October 30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. DREW, of Waterloo, county of Jackson, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wheel-Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents an inverted plan of my invention.

A representsa wagon or a four-wheel vehicle, supported by a wheel at either corner, and each of those wheels A A A A is furnished with an independent axle of its own, and those axles c c c 0 have their main hearings on friction-wheels cl (1 cl 61 next to the large wheel A.

The body of this wagon is constructed very strong and simple. Each bolster c c 'is furnished with two reaches, ff, and when put together they lap onto one another, and are held by a clasp reaching around them and bolted together. Those double reaches are made in this manner so as to lengthen them out.

This manner of constructing the body of a wagon takes off all the side motion of the tongue when passing over obstructions that sometimes he in their path, and which are very annoying to a horse, and which greatly fatigue a team when on very rough roads. A wagon-body made in this way obviates the rap of the tongue, and makes the load much easier for a team on rough roads and on sideling places, as it is not so liable to upset when cramping or turning around in the woods over logs or sideling hills; butits construction forbids cramping in ordinary manner. Consequently it has become necessary to use the divided axles cc on the front end of the wagon; and in order to snpportthose axles cc strongly when swung out to allow turning the wagon, the sway-bar ghas been thereunto affixed, and boxes hh have therefore been placed upon the bar 9 in a manner that allows them to slide toward the outer end of its bar for the convenience of the axles c 0 when in the act of turning, as clearly shown in drawing No.1, This operation is effected very simply by the braces .1; it" t projecting directly from each end of the axles c c to boxes jj, properly attached to the tongue 70 to allow them to slide either way when turning about the wagon, for the convenience of its operating properly with the other described parts.

The tongue 70 is furnished with a support, Z, to prevent the weight of the switch end hearing upon the horses necks, which is very tiresome to a team, especially when. carrying a heavy one, as on heavy lumber-wagons and constant teaming. This support is furnished with a spring, we, so that it may be borne down if necessary, and to make it easy in its manner of moving. It is necessary that the supportl should have one or more joints in it, so that it may move about with the tongue 70. It may be made of a rod, or a chain or cable. The axles c 0 have an extra box, a, which fits into sliding box h, and turns as the box h slides out upon the bar g.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The sliding boxes h h, constructed and operating as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The tongue-support Z, in combination with spring m, constructed and operating substantially as herein specified.

3. The spring'bars g g, boxes h h, tonguesupport Z, spring on, and boxes h h, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as herein described.

JAMES WV. DREW.

Witnesses S. M. DEW Y, M. A. DEWEY. 

